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24 titles for readers of Toxic by Neil Ruddock, selected for shared themes: Substance Abuse, Addiction & Recovery, Biographies, and Soccer.

Substance Abuse Addiction & Recovery Biographies Soccer Sports & Outdoors Health, Fitness & Dieting Biographies & Memoirs

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Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Toxic.

The Art of Winning Lessons from My Life in Football — Bill Belichick

The Art of Winning Lessons from My Life in Football

Themes: Addiction & Recovery • Biographies • Sports & Outdoors

Reinvented My Journey of Addiction and Redemption — Mike Cinelli

Reinvented My Journey of Addiction and Redemption

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Unbound — Eugenia Russell

Eugenia Russell

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Live a Little Better One Man’s Journey of Survival, Sobriety, and Success — John Beyer

Live a Little Better One Man’s Journey of Survival, Sobriety, and Success

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Indecent Exposure A Memoir — Patrick Dodenhoff

Indecent Exposure A Memoir

Patrick Dodenhoff

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

The Rise And Fall Of A Prophet — Jan Jansen

The Rise And Fall Of A Prophet

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

From the Shadow of the Blues My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption — John Lee Hooker Jr.

From the Shadow of the Blues My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption

John Lee Hooker Jr.

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Breaking Awake A Reporter’s Search for a New Life, and a New World, Through Drugs — P.E. Moskowitz

Breaking Awake A Reporter’s Search for a New Life, and a New World, Through Drugs — P.E. Moskowitz

P. E. Moskowitz

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Out On A Cliff A City Cop Tells His Story of Abuse, Addiction, P.T.S.D., and Recovery in Poetry and Illustration — Gary Rubie

Out On A Cliff A City Cop Tells His Story of Abuse, Addiction, P.T.S.D., and Recovery in Poetry and Illustration

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Look At Me The Long-Awaited Memoir of CoCo Roper — Coco Roper

Look At Me The Long-Awaited Memoir of CoCo Roper

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Down to the Wire The Outlandish Tale of How I Quit Gambling to Win Big — Rich Galgano

Down to the Wire The Outlandish Tale of How I Quit Gambling to Win Big

Themes: Substance Abuse • Addiction & Recovery • Health, Fitness & Dieting

Ronaldo and Messi – 202 Fascinating Facts, Intriguing Trivia, and Captivating Stories for Fans — Fame Focus

Ronaldo and Messi – 202 Fascinating Facts, Intriguing Trivia, and Captivating Stories for Fans

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

Lionel Messi The Biography of an Argentinian Soccer Superstar, His Amazing Story and Football Goals — United Library

Lionel Messi The Biography of an Argentinian Soccer Superstar, His Amazing Story and Football Goals

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

SOPHIA SMITH (Boigraphy) From Struggle to Success – A Journey of Unstoppable Determination — BENOIT. TOMMIE

SOPHIA SMITH (Boigraphy) From Struggle to Success – A Journey of Unstoppable Determination

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

BUKAYO SAKA BIOGRAPHY Rising Star, Relentless Spirit — LEE. R. EGAN

BUKAYO SAKA BIOGRAPHY Rising Star, Relentless Spirit

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

Saturday Afternoon Fever The Autobiography: Shortlisted for Sports Entertainment Book of the Year at the Sports Book Awards 2025 — Jeff Stelling

Saturday Afternoon Fever The Autobiography: Shortlisted for Sports Entertainment Book of the Year at the Sports Book Awards 2025

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

Serenade of the Eagles Understanding the History and Legacy of Lazio FC — OLIVER. BENNETT

Serenade of the Eagles Understanding the History and Legacy of Lazio FC

OLIVER. BENNETT

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

Up Coach: The Story of A Soccer Missionary — Alan Hawkes

Up Coach: The Story of A Soccer Missionary

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

Waking the Giant: Inside the Rebirth of Aston Villa — Gregg Evans

Waking the Giant: Inside the Rebirth of Aston Villa

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

Ronaldo / Hazard (Ultimate Football Heroes) — Matt & Tom Oldfield

Ronaldo / Hazard (Ultimate Football Heroes)

Matt & Tom Oldfield

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

The Good, the Bad and the Rugby – Unleashed — Alex Payne

The Good, the Bad and the Rugby – Unleashed

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

In a League of Her Own Celebrating Female Firsts in Sports — Bonnie-Jill Laflin

In a League of Her Own Celebrating Female Firsts in Sports

Bonnie-Jill Laflin

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

Oranje and Blue The Arthur Numan Story — Arthur Numan

Oranje and Blue The Arthur Numan Story

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

No Other Place: My Autobiography — George North

No Other Place: My Autobiography

Themes: Biographies • Soccer • Sports & Outdoors

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Substance Abuse, Addiction & Recovery, Biographies — the same threads that run through Toxic by Neil Ruddock. Among the authors featured: Bill Belichick, Mike Cinelli, Eugenia Russell, John Beyer, and others.

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